Kalamkari temple hangings / Anna L. Dallapiccola ; introduction by Anna L. Dallapiccola and Rosemary Crill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallapiccola, Anna L. (Anna Libera), 1944- author, writer of introduction.

Contributor:

Crill, Rosemary, writer of introduction.

Victoria and Albert Museum, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Textile fabrics--India, South--Catalogs.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics, Indic--Catalogs.

Textile fabrics, Indic.

Textile design--India, South--Catalogs.

Textile design.

Victoria and Albert Museum--Catalogs.

Textile fabrics--England--London--Catalogs.

England--London.

South India.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

192 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Publishing ; London : In association with V&A Publishing ; Ocean Township, NJ : Simultaneously published in the United States of America by Grantha Corporation, 2015.

Summary:

"The V&A has the world's most important collection of nineteenth-century temple hangings from South India, but only one of the smaller pieces has ever been published. For the first time these amazing objects have been documented and made public. The hangings are of two main types: large narrative pieces from Andhra Pradesh which tell stories from the Ramayana, the exploits of Krishna or tales connected with South Indian deities, and smaller pieces from Tamil Nadu. A single extraordinary Ramayana hanging from Sri Lanka is also included. All of the pieces are illustrated in their entirety, along with ample details that highlight the remarkable skill and regional styles of the narrative artists. Each piece is accompanied by a brief summary of its story, but the full 'frame-by-frame' narrative is described in a separate illustrated catalogue section. This detailed section will also provide translations of all the Telugu and Tamil inscriptions that accompany the narratives, translated especially for this project. As well as the description of the pieces themselves, there will be a general introduction about how such pieces were used and their regional stylistic variations, and a chapter on technique and how they fit into the broader picture of Indian textiles, by V&A curator Rosemary Crill."--from V&A website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).

ISBN:

9789385360046

9385360043

9781935677628

1935677624

9781851778676

1851778675

OCLC:

933425409